Talk:Eastern Shadow
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Two days in a row and this thing did not pop until 26 hours after the previous ToD.
9:06PM CST March 8
11:14PM CST March 9
2:12AM CST March 10 no pop yet
I've been here for every single PH pop since the 16 hour window opened on all 3 occasions. Watching movies right next to my computer.
Either this has changed in the update, or was incorrect all along. I gave up tonight but a friend of mine is going to keep trying to pop it and let me know how far beyond 27 hours it popped.
I also adjusted the pop time to 27 hours until then and I suspect it to be as high as 30 (similar to Argus).
And to clarify, I, or others in the room, were killing both shadows as soon as the popped for the entire duration.
--Poof 03:14, 10 March 2007 (EST)
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Pop Pattern and Time
I've camped Eastern Shadow for 6 consecutive pops, so far I've concluded :
- In the room, there are 2 kind of shadows : Ranger type and 'Random' type
- 'Random' type can be a WAR type(wielding degen, axe, or sword), a RNG type, or a BLM type.
- Eastern Shadow always lottery spawn of Ranger type, not random type. I've never personally seen Eastern Shadow popped as lottery of 'Random' type though 'Random' type have chance to pop RNG type.
- Pop time is either on 18-19 hours mark or 23-24 hours mark
Can someone else share their experience too when camping this? --VZX 04:24, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
- The 'random' type is never a RNG. It can be several jobs including WAR (pick) and BLM (great sword). Nashreen 12:44, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Camp Strategies
I just camped this for two weeks and finally got my Vali's Bow. Some advice:
Yes, it is 16 to 32 hours, any time during which Eastern Shadow can be a lottery pop.
The Eastern Shadow only pops in place of the Ranger, never in place of the random Specter, but you may want to kill the random one anyway to avoid links in case you claim the NM. (I'm certain that the Specter with the Great Sword links, not certain about others)
If 30+ hours go by and the Eastern Shadow hasn't popped, it is virtually a force pop.
Careful, there are undead in the area, including the Specters themselves, don't leave your PC while your HP is yellow or below.
I got my Bow on the 5th claim of this NM, it isn't the easiest drop, especially considering how long it takes to pop. I'm sure the billion people who camped and got Eurytos' Bow experienced the exact same conditions. I'm fairly certain that the update changed the item Eastern Shadow drops but not the spawn conditions.
Sleep bolts DO WORK on this NM. Killed him 4/5 times using sleep bolts. Not really necessary in you have /NIN but a nice precaution to take anyway.
Take care, the Specter with the Great Sword is a mage, and can cast -ga spells on you wiping out your shadows, so if it links and you get caught off guard, you could be in trouble. It also casts Dispel, which is strange, because it carries a Great Sword like a DRK, and casts -GA spells like a BLM.
No more RMT camping this! /cheer
i camped this NM (and the other 3) 7days in a row so far, 0/8 on East, West and North, 1/8 on South.
first 6 days, he always poped on the 19h mark (so 3h of window). on the 7th he poped after 30h30 (so 14h30 of window).
i got the other 3 as well during this period, all i got is a shield in 7 days of claiming all 4 shadows everytime they could pop. when i dropped the shield i had TH (1 lol ...) so you might want TH3/4 there seeing how much time its gonna take to drop something.
i find this 19h mark weird since many people experienced it. maybe they have window of "force pop" and if the repop pops in this window bam, you win?Yuffy
16-38h respawn for me
i camped Eastern Shadow for 5 days now and always got the claim, these are the times when it spawned for me:
- Day 1 = 2h into the 16h window
- Day 2 = 5h into the 16h window
- Day 3 = 5h into the 16h window
- Day 4 = 12h into the 16h window
- Day 5 = it respawned after 38 hours and 24 minutes. this means 6h PAST the 16h window.
i was there for every single PH kill so i know it has NOT died while i wasnt there. just so you know, if you have horrendous luck like me, prepare for a 22hour window. droprate: 0/5
Jueki 11:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Drop rate
1/20 Finally got it, don't give up!Klocs420 02:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
added 1/6, 1/6, 1/26 into drop rate Rajah 01:34, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
1/8 Over two weeks of constant camping, all kills with TH3. Carceri 16:00, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
My Shadow Camping
My camping, the dates, when it died and when the window opened for us.
- 7.16 13:48:57 TOD Window Opens 7.17 5:48:57 AM EDT - claim
- 7.17 16:40:50 TOD Window Opens 7.18 8:13:06 AM EDT - claim
- 7.18 12:13:06 TOD Window Opens 7.19 4:13:06 AM EDT - claim
- 7.19 09:11:45 TOD Window Opens 7.19 1:11:45 AM EDT - claim
- 7.20 03:30:36 TOD Window Opens 7.20 19:30:36 PM EDT Vali's Bow drop!!!
- 7.21 22:20:07 TOD Window Opens **maintenance**
- 7.22 15:59:00 TOD Window Opens 7.23 7:59:00 AM EDT - claim
- 7.23 10:13:37 TOD Window Opens 7.24 2:13:37 AM EDT - no claim
- 7.24 09:02:45 TOD Window Opens 7.25 1:02:45 AM EDT - claim
- 7.25 06:28:18 TOD Window Opens 7.25 10:28:18 PM EDT - no claim
- 7.26 00:52:53 TOD Window Opens 7.26 16:52:53 PM EDT - no claim
- 7.27 02:24:46 TOD Window Opens Never again! | VALIS BOW GET
Without ToD
Last night I decided to take a trip to FeiYin to help a friend with Western Shadow while camping Eastern Shadow myself. I had no ToD and decided to stay a duration long enough the window would end up being open. Making sure I had certain filters off, I would kill the RNG specters, or have a friend take over when I slept. After 19 hours Eastern Shadow popped, and I got claim. Drop was 1/1. During this 19 hour period I was also able to go 0/1 on both Western and Northern Shadow.
All in all, a ToD isn't too crucial for this, considering the 14-16 hour window, just be sure to pay attention to the 16 minute repops and watch for Eastern Shadow. Good luck Kisukesama
Eagle Eye Shot?
I'm going on camping this for a month now and I have never seen it use EES. Some fights long (holding for THF to arrive) some short, whatever it is, no EES. Perhaps this was removed? None of the other shadows use their respective 2 hour abilities either. zglkm 19:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Testimonials
- Soloable by 70+ RNG with sleep bolts.
- Soloable by 74 RNG/NIN with Utsusemi: Ni, using Velocity Shot, Slugshot barrage slugshot combo with holy bolts, and ranged attack till it dies, fairly risky if you do not pop an Eagle Eye Shot also.
- Easily soloable br 75RDM/20WAR. No problems at all. Stoneskin wore a couple of times but with Aquaveil on it was no trouble casting it again. I finished it with some tier III nukes, but overall no troubles. Convert not used.
- Easily Soloable by 75 DRG/BLU. Only had to use Healing Breath and Penta Thrust once.
- Somewhat easily soloable on 70 THF/NIN, no bolts of any kind but Ranged Attacks strip shadows fairly fast. Using Perfect Dodge was occasionally necessary when it got some lucky hits in. Carceri 16:03, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- Very easy solo as a 75 NIN/THF using Hojo as the only debuff. Went Utsu:Ni > Utsu:Ni every time (Even as Elvaan with only ~220 Evasion skill) without fail. Gear was kinda on the crappy side too, meaning only 12% haste and a total of +0 Evasion gears. Honestly, the only difficult thing about this fight is actually waiting for the NM to pop.
Solo WHM/15THF
I solo'ed the Eastern Shadow as 75WHM/15THF. I don't recomend trying this unless you have a lot of experiance as WHM. It was a fairly long fight; keeping Aquaviel, Stoneskin, Blink and Haste up is a must. Hexastrike took a fair amount of HP off each time I used it. 0/2 so far on Eastern Shadow.
Spawning The Eastern Shadow
I tried to find windows for Eastern Shadow, but no luck. I've successfully spawned The Eastern Shadow (in the 2 weeks straight I camped him) during 18th , 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th hour past the previous death, 24 hours being the longest I waited. I haven't seen it pop 16-17th hour window before but I suppose it's possible. If no competition you may wanna kill once or twice, if not at all during 16th hour then wait til 18 hours past. The 18-19 hour mark it seemed to spawn most frequently. As a side not, it seemed to spawn sooner the less it's placeholder was killed before the window opened. With this being said, there are not sub windows: such as it can only spawn during 18-19 21-22, 23-24 hours after previous death. 1/11 on Vali's Bow >> If you're interested it dropped Earth's day Waning Crescent as PLD/THF
